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BOQ director announces resignation

ALEX BURKE  |  FRIDAY, 27 MAY 2016
The Bank of Queensland has announced the resignation of a non-executive director. Standing down is Neil Berkett. He is currently chair of The Guardian Media Group, a non-executive director at Sage, and was the former chief executive of Virgin Media ...

Financial services given hand to protect seniors

DARREN SNYDER  |  FRIDAY, 27 MAY 2016
Advocacy group Protecting Seniors Wealth has launched a new education program designed to address an increasing trend in financial abuse of the ageing demographic. The program titled "Lead with impact" consists of workshops, presentations, tailored ...

Economic Wrap

BENJAMIN ONG  |  FRIDAY, 27 MAY 2016
... and May" (ABS) and therefore respondents may have not completely factored in the interest rate cut announced by the Reserve Bank of Australia (RBA) on the 3rd of May. US durable goods orders Indications on US business investment remains mixed. The headline ...

Fixed income investors turning to Serbia

ALEX BURKE  |  THURSDAY, 26 MAY 2016
... low inflation and 0.15% average yield in the covered bonds market. A good defensive option was buying protection in Lloyds Bank in the UK. Interestingly, though, as a return-seeking position Husain highlighted Serbia, where inflation has decreased from ...

ASIC to run rule over mortgage commissions

MARK SMITH  |  THURSDAY, 26 MAY 2016
Mortgage brokers are next in line to have their commissions and non-monetary incentives scrutinised by the Australian Securities and Investments Commission (ASIC). According to reports, the regulator will over the next fortnight ask the big four banks ...

Westpac prices climate bond at $500m

DARREN SNYDER  |  THURSDAY, 26 MAY 2016
... trajectory," Bell said. Chief executive and co-founder of the Climate Bonds Initiative, Sean Kidney, said "A leading Australian bank, [with] all Australian assets, going to international markets with a best practice green bond offering is a major development. ...

Qualitas adds two directors

MARK SMITH  |  WEDNESDAY, 25 MAY 2016
... across infrastructure asset classes. Prior to this, she was a member of the structured debt capital markets team at Deutsche Bank and a lawyer in the banking and finance group at Mallesons Stephen Jacques. Katz's role will focus on origination of transactions ...

Vanguard launches Australian corporate bond ETF

MARK SMITH  |  WEDNESDAY, 25 MAY 2016
... institutions and property trusts, for an annual management fee of 0.26%. The fund's top holdings includes bonds from Commonwealth Bank of Australia, National Australia Bank, Australia and New Zealand Banking Group, Goldman Sachs, Norway's Kommunalbanken ...

New ETFs launched to cater for BOJ stimulus

MARK SMITH  |  WEDNESDAY, 25 MAY 2016
Japan's fund management industry is launching exchange traded funds to cater specifically for the central bank's massive monetary easing programme. Three new "physical and human capital" ETFs are designed solely for the Bank of Japan, which needs fresh ...

Australia tanks in global dividend index

MARK SMITH  |  TUESDAY, 24 MAY 2016
Australian income seekers have been whacked by the downturn in the mining sector, with high a profile dividend cut from BHP Billiton leading to Australia tumbling down the Henderson Global Dividend Index in the first quarter. In Australia, dividends ...